Secrets of the Qiao Family Courtyard

🗓Tour route: Courtyard entrance - screen wall - turn right to Zhongtang Courtyard 1-5 - Dexingtang - Baoyuantang - Qiao Family Garden - Ningshoutang 📝Tips: Zhongtang Courtyard is the highlight, Courtyards 1 and 5 are on the right, Courtyards 2-4 are on the left Dexingtang is like a museum, many replicas are here There are fewer highlights after Baoyuantang, paid guides usually only cover this area Ningshoutang is new, but there are few people 🚉Transportation: See the collection at the bottom of the article 🌟Highlights: 📍Courtyard entrance: [Screen wall with blessings and longevity] [Fuzhonglang plaque] Highlights: The front of the screen wall has a hundred blessings, the back has a hundred longevity, the Fuzhonglang plaque was bestowed by Empress Dowager Cixi 📍Zhongtang Courtyard 1: [Huifang plaque] Highlights: Exquisite wood carvings, lotus leaves symbolize purity 📍Zhongtang Courtyard 3: [Rhinoceros Moon Mirror] [Wanjin Ball] Highlights: The Moon Mirror is a treasure, made of iron pear wood and weighs 1 ton The Wanjin Ball has a mercury glass ball on top, said to be from the US, an early surveillance camera, you can see other places from any corner of the room 📍Zhongtang Courtyard 4: [Nine Dragon Lamp] [Nine Dragon Screen] [Brick Carving of Cat and Butterfly Playing with Chrysanthemum] Highlights: The Nine Dragon Lamp and Nine Dragon Screen are together, bestowed by Empress Dowager Cixi, royal treasures, unique in the world Brick carvings are a feature of the Wang Family Courtyard, the cat is lifelike and vivid 📍Dexingtang Courtyard 2: [Bank Draft] 📍Baoyuantang Courtyard 1: [Sundial] Highlights: Sundials are common, but this is the first time seeing a human sundial, you can experience it yourself